we're doing the links at my buddys house,he's got a linoln 255 mig.i'm a miller fan and have a millermatic 251 mig.

well its back on all 4  !!

One word! Cool 

the links are ALL 2".250 DOM with 1 1/4 heims.i still need to weld the rest of the cage in the cab before any flexin but it should have 24"s of travel.i'm thinkin the tire will rub on the center hoop!! i'm hopeing to get into top truck 2007!!

tube inserts or weld in bungs,yes !! i will post some more pics sunday,let me know if you want close-ups of certain parts and i'll post em!! and a BIG thanks for the vote,i think we could place high if we get in!!

thanks OBX !! i added a little more tube yester day!!

thanks for the props and the vote!! the upper link is 36" and the lower links are 47" eye to eye.the shocks are 50" apart at the axle and 40" at the upper mount.they lean forward about 65 or 70 degrees and in about 80.

you guys help yourselfs to the ideas  !! and make sure you build a hoop thats tied into the frame for the radiator (if you leave it up front) and tube the nose out,you lose a lot of strength when you pinch the front!! i will post pics of mine as i go  !! and we'll be lookin for ya in "07"  !!

this is a 3 link as i'm lookin for crazy articulation in the rear to make up for the stiff front!! IMHO 4 links bind under throttle,i think 4 link for  the front is good for stability and 3 link in the rear for mad twist  !! my buddy did the math as all the numbers confuse me  and he has built a few link set ups.but i learned a lot building this link set up and having him explain in simple terms as we went.i think as long as you stick to the 50% seperation rule at the frame,pinch the lowers at the frame and make them a little longer than the upper,keep every thing as flat as posable and design it so every thing would intersect under the front of the engine and add a little ajustableity you could build a good working link set up with out crunching numbers.i think the numbers are important in racing and street set ups not so much in rock crawling !!

 Casey at WMS said when we 4 linked Jody's K5, the uppers need to be 70% of the lowers. try to keep 40+ degrees between the traingulated uppers. and 5 to 8 inches between where the links hit the frame and at the axle it's a % of your tire size. it seems to work without a bunch of pinion roll and axle walk.

in that pic it looks like the upper and lower links go to the frame ?? if so that will make the side that droops want to walk under the truck.if you build a cross member near the T-case and pinch the lowers in it will cure that.this is one reason i'm a 3 link fan i also think(under power) a 4 link binds because the axle wants to rotate forward thus putting presure on all the links and with a 3 link most of the presure is in one place(the upper link) down side of the 3 link if you break something your stuck!!  and working with rockwells is a challenge,i have 14"s between the upper and lowers at the axle and 7"s at the frame  but the lowers are 11"s longer and all the links are almost flat !! BTW nice rig  !!

got the dash bar and the V in today and finished up a lot of welding!! if the weathers not to bad this weekend i should have the boat side done and MAYBE some seats in it !!

nice

NICE

  ooo me, what about me.............LOL

been workin on some of the small sh!t like rebuilding the front cab mounts(had to move them to the inside of the frame) and catchin up on the welding  !! made a little progress today,got the center bars in for the boatside and the center bars that tie the halo into the rear hoop!!   i hope to get the seats in and the sides plated this weekend but their callin for another storm  !!

looking good. yeah we're supposed to get rain this weekend . wanted to get my seats in too.

got a little break saterday so i plated one side  !!

hey TB can we get an inside shot I want to see how much room is left   nice work

thanks SpiderRam!!

Awesome  it doesn't go in as far as I thought plenty room for some bling racing seats

or the cheep summit ones us po' fok can aford !!!

Very cool, making some serious progress. Are you putting the front fenders back on? if so are you going to bend then so they follow the same angle as the boat sides?

i got most of the front tubed out between yesterday and today!! and got the fenders and hood back on,i still need to add the bar over the motor and a few tabs to mount stuff but its gettin there !!

Thats nice.

awesome!